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Rockwell Automation (Canada)

In research, Rockwell Automation (Canada) stands highest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,188 of 3,725 worldwide), Engineering (#3,702 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,284 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,818
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#702
of 718
Research works
198
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
2%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Rockwell Automation (Canada)

What is Rockwell Automation (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,188 of 3,725 21.2%121
EngineeringField #3,702 of 9,532 18.1%168
Physical SciencesDomain #13,284 of 17,446 16.9%182

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rockwell Automation (Canada) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Rockwell Automation (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Rockwell Automation (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (70%), Decision Sciences (9%), Health Professions (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 77.0% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 69.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 39.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workALL ITS WORKRockwellAutomation…24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1769.8%
    2. Computer Science12.3%
    3. Materials Science01.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.7%
    5. Environmental Science01.3%
    1. Decision Sciences28.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.3%
    3. Social Sciences01.3%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    1. Health Professions27.5%
    2. Medicine01.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.65× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 8.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences8.80×2 works
  2. Engineering4.65×17 works
  3. Health Professions2.84×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.77×0 works
  5. Materials Science0.52×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.47×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.30×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.27×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.11×0 works
  11. Psychology0.09×0 works
  12. Medicine0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rockwell Automation (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Navid Reza Zargari, S.C. Rizzo and Jingya Dai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rockwell Automation (Canada).

  1. 1 Navid Reza Zargari Canada · #563,746 worldwide 9.9k citations · 250 works
  2. 2 S.C. Rizzo Canada · #890,563 worldwide 651 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Jingya Dai Canada · #1,251,664 worldwide 855 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 John Kay Canada · #1,634,968 worldwide 8.5k citations · 370 works
  5. 5 Robert Ellis Canada · #1,830,759 worldwide 363 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Manish Pande Canada · #1,937,420 worldwide 587 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Zhongyuan Cheng Canada · #2,062,045 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Richard Paes Canada · #3,942,975 worldwide 379 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Rockwell Automation (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Rockwell Automation (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Rockwell Automation (Canada) is "Evolution of Topologies, Modeling, Control Schemes, and Applications of Modular Multilevel Converters" (Apparao Dekka, Bin Wu, Ricardo Lizana Fuentes et al., 2017), with 576 citations. Next come "A Novel Three-Phase Three-Leg AC/AC Converter Using Nine IGBTs" (283) and "Model Predictive Control of High-Power Modular Multilevel Converters—An Overview" (231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evolution of Topologies, Modeling, Control Schemes, and Applications of Modular Multilevel Converters Apparao Dekka, Bin Wu, Ricardo Lizana Fuentes et al. · IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 21 Aug 2017 576
2 A Novel Three-Phase Three-Leg AC/AC Converter Using Nine IGBTs Congwei Liu, Bin Wu, Navid Reza Zargari et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 3 Apr 2009 283
3 Model Predictive Control of High-Power Modular Multilevel Converters—An Overview Apparao Dekka, Bin Wu, Venkata Narasimha Rao Yaramasu et al. · IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 9 Nov 2018 231
4 A New Nested Neutral Point-Clamped (NNPC) Converter for Medium-Voltage (MV) Power Conversion Mehdi Narimani, Bin Wu, Zhongyuan Cheng et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 13 Feb 2014 188
5 Active Damping Control of a High-Power PWM Current-Source Rectifier for Line-Current THD Reduction Jason Wiseman, Bin Wu · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Jun 2005 170
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rockwell Automation (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Photovoltaic Systems, Electrical Systems, Arc Fault, Detection, Model Predictive Control and Electric Vehicle Charging.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Power Electronics6▲ 71×6 topics
  2. Photovoltaic Systems5▲ 217×2 topics
  3. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 57×3 topics
  4. Electrical Systems3▲ 300×2 topics
  5. Arc Fault2▲ 684×1 topic
  6. Detection2▲ 37×1 topic
  7. Electric Vehicle Charging2▲ 108×2 topics
  8. Model Predictive Control2▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Multilevel Converters2▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Voltage Source Inverters2▲ 157×1 topic
  11. Bayesian Networks2▲ 85×1 topic
  12. DC-DC Converters2▲ 139×1 topic
  13. Fault Tree Analysis2▲ 168×1 topic
  14. High-Frequency Power Conversion2▲ 139×1 topic
  15. Occupational Safety2▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Safety Culture2▲ 110×1 topic
  17. Thermal Management1▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Reliability1▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Thermal Analysis1▲ 40×3 topics
  20. Machine Learning1▲ 1.23×4 topics
  21. Silicon Carbide1▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors1▲ 98×1 topic

Which research topics does Rockwell Automation (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electrical Fault Detection and Protection, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Risk and Safety Analysis.

Electrical Fault Detection and Protection: 2 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 2 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters2Advanced DC-DC Converters: 2 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis2Risk and Safety Analysis: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Safety Research: 2 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semicond…1Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 1 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 1 fractional worksMechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis: 0 fractional worksHVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 0 fractional worksSafety Systems Engineering in Autonomy: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologyControl and Systems Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Electrical Fault Detection and Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available2.2%not open97.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.1%domestic only62.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rockwell Automation (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rockwell Automation (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

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